Senior Digital Designer

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented, experienced digital designer to join our growing award-winning creative team in the Shard, London Bridge.

We’re looking for an ambitious designer to play an important role in our growing Creative studio. Someone who's always on top of emerging trends, the latest technologies and wants to push the boundaries of what they - and our global business - can do. You will need a solid grasp of the online advertising space; formats, ad-tech, best practice - ultimately you need to understand what it takes to originate and execute digital creative.

This role is about leading by example to create great work that inspires, so we’re looking for someone who will champion the craft and raise the bar for excellence, especially in digital advertising creative. Someone who can generate stunning digital campaign ideas that actually translate into quality digital deliverables and experiences. With an abundance of digital advertising experience, they are confident in producing engaging display banner creative with consideration of animation, motion and interaction and with a good knowledge of how we can use data in a creative and compelling way.

We need someone with a sharp eye for detail, impeccable work ethic and a terrific understanding of digital communication. They need to be easy to work with, happy to collaborate, and want to help the team do their very best work. And they have to be comfortable working with global clients including Toyota, glh Hotels, NFL, UEFA and Aviva Investors.

So is this amazing person you? Are you a down-to-earth, self-motivated, happy-to-be-here digital designer who is hungry to learn, loves to work hard, is mad about design and has the portfolio to prove it?

● An HND or degree in graphic design or a related subject (although we would consider an unqualified individual if their industry experience and portfolio are suitably amazing) ● Strong portfolio of Digital Design work showcasing web marketing, UI/UX and banner campaigns ● Five years design experience, preferably agency experience ● Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign), Sketch and skills in Google Web Designer and/or After Effects animation would be superb but not essential ● An understanding of web usability and information architecture, including a knowledge of wireframes and mock-ups (UI & IA Design) ● Have excellent knowledge of the digital landscape, web, display, social, development etc ● Comprehensive understanding of digital advertising campaigns; core design and animation principles ● Exposure to data-driven digital advertising campaigns or creative would also be great but not essential ● Ability to think creatively and present your concepts to clients and team members ● Experience of working with developers and UX designers ● Possess brilliant layout, typography skills and, of course, sharp attention to detail ● Ultimately equipped to ideate, communicate and bring your ideas to life (via animatics, storyboards etc.) ● Solid grasp of web animation and motion applied to animated digital creative and banner ads ● Able to create pixel-perfect production friendly assets, including video and animation ● Be happy to demonstrate outstanding conceptual and creative thinking in your design work ● Have the ability to perform effectively to tight deadlines, work well both independently and as part of a team ● Be passionate, positive and lively with lots of ideas ● Keen to work hard to produce great creative results ● Communicate ideas clearly and confidently to peers and team leaders alike ● Open, honest, direct and comfortable in giving and receiving constructive feedback ● Able to perform well under pressure and prepared to put the hours in when the project demands it ● Finally, it’ll be a huge plus if you have HTML, CSS and JS skills, or a fundamental understanding

Responsibilities

● Creating and directing the design of projects, managing creative projects teams, estimating and managing project timelines with the Creative Director, production team and Project Manager ● Ensuring that projects are delivered to the utmost level of professionalism ● Producing concepts and assets for social and display campaigns, including Rich Media, data-driven, Dynamic, Video or interactive digital ad units ● Promote continual improvement and add to our culture of excellence and accountability ● Lead and partner with designers, writers, planners and UX practitioners ● Effectively communicate creative ideas and strategies to senior teams ● Provide regular team leadership and constructive feedback on all accounts ● Continually work to improve Creative Department methods ● Proactively manage the success of production scope ● Consistently produce amazing, original work